絆 ‘Connections Through Sport’ Grade 3-12 Cross Country Day 2011 Thursday, 10TH November Negishi Park
Information Booklet
Dear Colleagues, Thank you for helping out and supporting our Cross Country Day. Here you will find some information to assist with the running of the day but should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact any of the PE staff. Many thanks once again. The PE Department Special Theme In addition to the work we have been doing in PE class on motivation, resilience and goal setting through running, this year we will use the Cross Country day as a fund raiser for a YIS initiative called “ Kizuna-Connections Through Sport”. The idea is to raise some funding to invite students from our partnership schools in Ishinomaki to attend sporting exchanges at YIS. In fact we are delighted to say that 6 students and 2 teachers from Ishinomaki will be attending our cross-country day this year. In order to raise funding for their travel and future events, we will be selling specially designed running shirts and inviting teachers and parents to run in an 'All Comers Run' where there will be a charge of 2000 ¥ for entry. The run will not be competitive, 2.6km long (2 laps of NP) and staff can run as fast or as slow as they like. This money will then be donated to our connections through sport program. Those signing up for the race will also get a special running shirt with the school logo and the words Kizuna- Connections through sport emblazoned upon. Those teachers not wanting to run can also purchase a running shirt if interested.
The Route. 2.6km (2 Laps)
Transport Arrangements Students will be transported by School Bus. There will only be 2/3 buses available, so they will need to run in shuttles. Youngest students should board the bus first. Staff should also board the buses with their tutor groups and return to school with their tutor groups.
Could we please ask that you help assist with the swift transfer of students onto the buses. Many Thanks.
Grade 3, 4, 5 Grade 6, 7, 8 Grade 9, 10 Grade 11, 12
Departure Time from YIS outside the GYM
Departure Time from Negishi Park
8:30 (Arriving Negishi 8:45) 10:45 (Arriving Negishi 11:00) 12:35 (Arriving Negishi 12:50) 13:15 (Arriving Negishi 13:30)
10:30 (Arriving YIS 10:45) 13:00 (Arriving YIS 13:15) 15:10 (Arriving YIS 15:25) 15:40 (Arriving YIS 15:55)
Race Order Please note we will try our best to keep to the schedule but due to unforeseen circumstances, some race times may need to be altered. Time 8:50 9:00 9:20 9:40 10:10 10:30 11:10 11:15 11:40 12:05 12:30 12:55 13:00 13:10 13:35 14:00 14:25 14:50 15:10 15:35
Event Elementary School Warm Up G3 1 - Lap Race G4 1 - Lap Race G5 1 - Lap Race and G3/4/5 2 Lap Race and Elementary ‘All Comers” Grade 3, 4, 5 Closing & Award Ceremony Grade 3, 4, 5 leave Negishi Park by school bus MS Warm up Grade 6 - 2 Lap Race Grade 7 & 8 Girls - 2 Lap Race Grade 7 & 8 Boys - 2 Lap Race and Middle School “All Comers” MS Closing & Award Ceremony MS leave Negishi Park by school bus 9/ School Warm Up Grade 9 & 10 Girls - 2 Lap Race Grade 9 & 10 Boys - 2 Lap Race Grade 11 & 12 Girls - 2 Lap Race Grade 11 & 12 Boys - 2 Lap Race and High School “All Comers” HS Closing & Award Ceremony /Clean Up Grades 9 & 10 Return to School Grades 11 & 12 Return to School
Lunch Arrangements Elementary School will have a normal lunch. Middle School students should bring food from home and eat at the park. G 9 & 10 should eat a big snack and bring lunch to the park. G 11 & 12 should eat a big snack and eat lightly during lunchtime. Snacks and coffee will be on sale with proceeds going towards the connections through sport program. Awards Students will be awarded a gold medal for 1st Place. Each grade will have a separate boys and girls race. In addition each grade will have one ‘Fit For Life ‘ award, which recognises great effort, resilience and a positive approach across the whole cross country unit. Dress It would be great if some teachers would also join in with some of the races. As mentioned above, we would like to encourage teachers and parents to run in the “All comers “ race and donate some money to our sporting connections program. Please feel free to come dressed in sports clothing for the day.
Staff Roles Elementary Starter & Back up Timer: Alex Thomas Official Time keeper: Asako Clark Finish Line: Geoff Geddes (Sticks) & Kate Buehler (Sticks), David Noon (Place Judge) House Supervisor: Nishi– Sangeeta Nanwani Higashi - Kristen Blum Kita – Leanne Erickson Minami – Mariko Jungtisch Course Marshals: Point 1: Ricahrd Welk, Naoko Imada Point 2: Louise Lehmann , Eddy Jones Point 3: David Goddard, Darren Laverick Point 4: Mike Mural, Masato Ise Table: Takumi / Yuri Camera: Aaron First Aid: YIS Medical Staff Award Presenters: Jacquie Pender, David Noon Could any teachers not assigned a role please help by replacing any course marshalls wanting to run in the “All Comers Race”.
Middle School Starter & Back up Timer: Alex Thomas Official Time Keeper: Asako Clark Finish Line: Kate Buehler (sticks) + James Midgley (Sticks), David Noon (Place Judge) House Supervisors: Minami – Susie Clifford Higashi – Elliott Tracey Kita – Simon Lorimer Nishi – Dale Howe Course Marshals: Point 1 - Rebecca Madrid, Kim Cofino Point 2 – Alex Guenther, Lynda Leatham Point 3 – Frank Curkovic, Ben McKeown Point 4 – Shane Meiklejohn, Jon Disher Table: Takumi/Yuri Camera: Aaron First Aid: YIS Medical Staff Award Presenter: John Snowball, David Noon Could any teachers not assigned a role please help by replacing any course marshalls wanting to run in the “All Comers Race”.
High School Starter & Back up Timer: Alex Thomas Official Time keeper: Asako Clark Finish Line: Kate Buehler (Sticks), Russell Brown (Sticks) ,David Noon (Place Judge) House Supervisors:
Minami – Adam Clark Higashi – Adam Seldis Kita – Simon Lorimer Minami – Madeleine Cox
Course Marshals: Point 1 – Greg Rossing and Kathy deVries Point 2 – Isabelle Holovecz, Eileen Wilson Point 3 – Trevor Kew, Yukiko Suzuki Point 4 – Steven Hooker, James McCrory Table: Takumi / Yuri Camera: Aaron First Aid: YIS Medical Staff Award Presenters: John Snowball, David Noon Could any teachers not assigned a role please help by replacing any course marshalls wanting to run in the “All Comers Race”.
Staff Roles Descriptions Results Table • Students will line up and give you a stick with their place on it and tell you their name. In the excel spreadsheet, you need to put their place next to their name. Times will be handed in at the end of the race by the time-keeper. You then need to put into the spreadsheet the correct time next to the correct place. Identify first place and highlight. Average out the scores for each team and identify the winners of Elementary, Middle School and High School. • One person will need to organize collected sticks into 2 piles, odd and even in numerical order. Course Marshals: • Please stay in your allocated area and ensure students are running the correct course. Please see the points on the map below.
• There will be a first-aid kit nearby all marshal areas if needed. • Ensure all marshals have a mobile phone and if a situation arises please call David Noon on 080-3700-0511 or Alex Thomas on 080 5507-1976.
House Supervisors: • When students arrive please chaperone students to the appropriate areas (there will be cones and coloured flags for each house team). • Supervise the students in your house while they are not running. Students are able to wander around the large grassy area and support runners. • Please make sure all students are warmed-up and ready to run at least 10min before their race time. Take the students for a short warm-up and stretch. Finish-line Sticks: • One person will hand out ‘odd-numbered’ sticks and the other ‘evennumbered’. David Noon and Alex Thomas will also be there to help judge the ‘close finishers’ if needed. • Once a stick is handed to a student make sure the student goes through the race channel straight to the table to hand their stick in.